Planning Department

White paper on
Industry, Employment and Skill Development, IT and Tourism

Most Important Talking Points for Hon’ble Chief Minister

Today’s White Paper covers

Industry sector - Manufacturing &MSME, Employment
and Skill development

Services sector:IT, Electronics & Communication,

,
Tourism

1. Industry and Services Sector

 Growth of Industrial and Services Sector is critical for

achieving the 12-13% over all economic growth, to
create employment and to increase per capita income

 Andhra Pradesh has about 58% labor work force

engaged in agriculture and related which produces
about 32% share of GSDP.

 It is imperative for AP to shift excess labor engaged in

agriculture to other sector of economy

 To shift labor from agriculture, first step is to create

low skill high volume jobs simultaneously in sectors
 like Food Processing, Basic Electronics, Apparel,
Tourism and related indirect jobs.

 Share of manufacturing in AP(9.6%) is below the

national average (16.7%)and need to be improved to
create job

 Advanced countries have services sector contribution

as high as 75-80%.

 Share of services sector in AP is at 44%

 India - 54%, Telangana – 63.8%, Maharashtra: 58.5%

 Tourism sector – a GVA propeller and employment

generating sector including medical, health care
tourism and eco-tourism services

 Multi-pronged strategy required to focus on emerging

technologies
2. State of Industry in June 2014 and unfulfilled
commitments of GoI under AP Reorganization Act 2014

 Manufacturing sector growth in AP was below

national average and negative in 2014
Sl. Andhra All
Year
No Pradesh India
1 2012-13 -20.74 5.5
2 2013-14 -4.02 5.0

 State was power deficit, with erratic power supply,

leading to losses in industrial production
 Large industrial incentive backlog of Rs 2,060 crores
was pending from 2010-11
 Fiscal measures and tax incentives to promote
industrialization and economic growth – on the lines
extended to other erstwhile Special category States,
was not provided to AP post bifurcation
 Visakhapatnam – Chennai industrial corridor was
facilitated through a loan, and not directly through
equity and grants by Government of India as was the
case for ‘Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor’
 Well-developed IT/ITeS sector in Hyderabad and which
was a large employment generator, was left behind in
Hyderabad
 Setting up of Greenfield Petrochemical Complex in AP
not taken up by GoI
 Setting up of Integrated Steel plant in YSR Kadapa
district was not taken up by GoI
 3. Growth Scenario Post 2014

 State Industrial and manufacturing growth-outpacing

India

Growth rates of Growth rates of

industrial sector manufacturing sector
(constant prices 2011-12) (constant prices 2011-12)
India AP India AP
2015-16 8.80% 9.61% 2015-16 10.80% 13.89%

2016-17 5.60% 7.40% 2016-17 7.90% 8.56%

2017-18 4.40% 8.49% 2017-18 4.60% 8.36%

Ease of Doing Business

 In 2015, AP was ranked 2nd behind Gujarat.
 Today, Andhra Pradesh is ranked No. 1 amongst all
Indian states on ease of doing business for two
consecutive years (2016 and 2017) by DIPP and World
Bank
 Single Desk Portal (SDP): Launched SDP in April 2015;
Offers 69 services cutting across 19 departments.
 All industrial approvals within 21-days.
 As of 21st December 2018, a total of 33,565 approvals
provided; Service level compliance of 99.85% in the
last six months.
  Public Service Delivery Guarantee Act 2017: To
provide time-bound delivery of 74 public services for
industry.
o Business Reforms undertaken
 GIS system for industrial land availability
 Online system for instant scrutiny of building
plans
 Self-certifications for inspections(medium-risk
industries)
 Third party verifications of certificates issued by
departments
 On-the-spot allocation of raw materials
 Automated tools for monitoring electricity
outages

Enabling Policy Environment

 Industries: State released12 policies including the
Industrial development policy and various policies to
promote focus sectors

Increase in Budget for industrial development:

 During period 2014-19, average annual budget
provided to Industries Department was Rs 1,593
crores, which is 2.25 times the average annual
budget of Rs 707.58 crores during the two years
prior period (2012-13 and 2013-14) in the combined
State.
Incentives released to the Industry
 Increased budget allocation for industrial
incentives from average of Rs 312 crores per
annum during 2009-14, by nearly 4 times, to an
average of Rs 1,218 crores from 2014-15 onwards
 Rs 3,675 crores (28,083 claims) released towards
industrial incentives
 Out of these, Rs 1,816 crores (26,597 claims)
released to MSME units

MSME Development
 Dedicated policies for development of MSME
sector, MSME Parks and Stressed Enterprises
 Since 2014: 30,349 MSME units established with
investment of Rs 14,292 crores and employment
generated for 3.3 lakh people
 Establishment of MSME Parks in 175 assembly
constituencies; 31 MSME Parks under development
across 1317.97 acres
 MSME Credit flow: Between 2014-18, Rs 82,097
crores has been disbursed as credit to MSME sector
(organized & unorganized)
 Dedicated MSME Corporation set up

Investment Promotion
 Conducted Partnership Summits in 2016, 2017 and
2018 at Visakhapatnam.
  Executed 1,437 MoUs with committed investment
of Rs 13.35 lakh crores & committed employment
24.6 lakhs
 Investments attracted and employment
Committed
No. of Committed
Departments Investment
Projects Employment
(inRs. Cr.)
18 2,622 15,48,743 32,35,916

a. Projects gone into production:

 Numbers: 810
 Committed Investment - Rs 1.77 lakh crores
 Committed employment - 2.51 lakhs

b. Projects with Civil works under progress:

 Numbers: - 1,211 projects
 Committed investment - Rs 5.27 lakh crores
 Committed employment - 7.66 lakhs

c. Total employment picture: Employment from

Large & Mega projects (2.51 lakhs), MSME (3.30
lakhs), Placements facilitated by APSSDC (1.78
lakhs), Placements facilitated by APITA (0.13 lakhs)
Marquee Investments sector-wise (includes those gone
into production as well as those in pipeline)

Sector Marquee companies attracted to AP

Isuzu, Kia Motors, Apollo tyres, Ashok
Automotive
Leyland, Bharat Forge, Hero group
Emami, Mondelez, Kellogg’s, Pepsi, Nekkanti,
Big Basket, Sumeru, Capricorn, Lavazza,
Avanti Seeds, Podaran and Everton. Patanjali,
Food processing Jain Irrigation, Parle, Jersey, Indus Coffee,
Future Group, Continental Coffee,
International Flavours& Fragrances, Godrej,
SH Group, Tata Foods, ITC, ConAgro and
Manpasand
Hospira Healthcare, Dr. Reddy’s labs, Lupin,
Pharmaceuticals Laurus Labs, Aurobindo Pharma, West
Pharma, Divi’s Labs and Natco Pharma
Toray, Texport, Mohan Spintex, Indian
Design, Shahi Exports, Sri Govindaraja
Textiles: Textiles, SAR Denim, Kallam Spinning Mills,
Page Industries, (Jockey), Arvind Group, Nisha
Designs, Guntur Textile Park, Tarakeswara
Textile Park
Development of infrastructure for economic growth

 Quality power supply for industry

 Power surplusstate with 24*7 reliable,
affordable and quality power to industry
 Industrial power consumption almost doubled
from 1,784 MU in 2014-15 to 3,321 MU in
2017-18
 Industrial Land Allotments:
 APIIC allotted 14,213 acres of industrial land to
1,945 units

Vizag Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC)

 Funded by ADB (Rs 4,170 cr); GoAP contribution (Rs
1,434 cr)
 Total 4 industrial nodes to be developed -
Visakhapatnam, Srikalahasti (Chittoor),
Machilipatnam (Krishna) and Donakonda
(Prakasam)
 Master planning of 2 nodes – Visakhapatnam (7,680
acres)&Srikalahasti(11,000 acres) – completed
 13 projects worth Rs 1,958 crores covering
industrial infrastructure, urban infrastructure, roads
and power projects are under various stages of
execution
 Projects worth Rs 2,846 crores finalized
Chennai – Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC)

 Total 3 industrial nodes to be developed -

Krishnapatnam (Nellore), Orvakal (Kurnool)
and Hindupur (Anantapur)
 Krishnapatnam node (15,975 acres) to be
developed in Phase 1; Master planning is
completed
 CBIC included under National Industrial
Corridor Development and Implementation
Trust (NICDIT)

Industrial parks and clusters: Equitable & decentralized

industrial development
 Mega Food parks (Nellore, Prakasam) and
Integrated food parks (Vizianagaram, Kadapa,
Chittoor)
 2 Electronics Manufacturing clusters (EMC) in
Tirupati
 MSME parks in 31 assembly constituencies (out
of total 175) under execution
 Orvakal Mega Industrial Hub, Kurnool (12,203
acres)
 Mega Seed Park, Kurnool (650 acres)
 Koparthy Mega Industrial Park, Kadapa (6,553
acres)
  Fintech Valley in Visakhapatnam
 Common Effluent treatment plants (CETP) under
execution at Atchutapuram and Naidupeta;
CETPs planned in Srikalahasi South, Nakkapalli,
Rambilli and Mallavalli
 Sewage Treatment plant in Tirupati

Skill Development Linked to Industries

 MukhyamantriYuvanestam: -
o Provides Rs. 1000 monthly allowance to
unemployed youth; Opportunities for skill
training, internships, apprenticeships, or self-
employment
o Around 3.3 lakh youth have enrolled till 25th Dec
2018; Total Rs 81 crores disbursed.

 Trainings: APSSDC trained a total of 8.66 lakh youth,

 7.42 Lakh - Students
 77,000 - Unemployed Youth
 19,000 - Entrepreneurships programs and for
competitive exams
 26,000 - Up Skilling
 Placements: Total of 1.78 lakh people have been
placed
 APITA conducted 73 employment drives; Offers
rolled out - 12,973
 International Institute of Digital Technologies (IIDT)
setup in Tirupati
 State Institute of Hotel Management (SIHM) at
Tirupati and Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel
Management at Nellore are functional
 4,050 trainings have been completed in courses
for tourism,
 Hospitality & culinary trainings (1,230), guides
(600) and cab drivers (2,220)
Service Sector - IT/ ITeS and Tourism Sector

Information Technology and & IT Enabled Services

The State has identified IT & Electronics as focus sectors

and developed a strong vision to enable the creation of
1,00,000 IT jobs and bring in investments worth USD 2
billion. It also envisions to create 2,00,000 jobs in the
electronics sector and bring in USD 5 billion investments.

● One (1) in four (4) IT professionals are from India, and

among them, at least 25% of them are from Andhra
Pradesh, enabling the progress of growing the IT/
Electronics sector in the State.

● In the Electronics sector, five (5) companies have started

operations with a committed investment of INR 927 Cr.
and a committed employment of 21, 850.
● Recently announced State Start up Rankings 2018 - AP
stood no. 1.
● Hosted Asia’s largest Block chain conference in 2017
and Vizag Fintech Festival in 2018
Enabling policy framework

● To achieve its vision, the State has formulated a robust

policy and incentive framework, especially targeted at
IT/ITeS and Electronics as focus sectors.
● Offering the best-in-class fiscal and non-fiscal
incentives to businesses. GoAP has created a set of
robust policies including:
● Consolidated AP IT Policy,
● AP Electronics Policy,
● Designated Technology Parks (DTP) Policy,
● Integrated Innovation & Technology (IIT) Policy,
● Global In-house Centers (GIC) Policy,
● AI Cloud Hub Policy,
● AP Innovation &Startup Policy,
● Animation Visual Effects Gaming and Comics
(AVGC) Policy

Marquee companies attracted to APin IT &

Electronicssector:
● Foxconn, Celkon, Flextronics, Dixon, Reliance, TCL, Voltas
 a) Tourism:
Major Campaigns: (a) Let’s Vizag, (b) Konaseema
Monsoon and (c) Festive AP
 Large scale Festivals conducted: (Ex - Amaravati
F1H2O Grand Prix, Social Media Summit & Awards,
Buddha Jayanthi Festival, Lepakshi Festival,
VizagUtsav, AR Rehman live concert etc.)
 Promotion of Andhra Cuisine through culinary
competitions, publications of book of recipe
 Project Sanskriti - 4 Rural Tourism hubs under
development
 Tourism: Growth in tourist footfalls every year

State 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

(Till Nov)
Tourist 9.80 9.33 12.18 15.35 16.57 16.90
Footfall
% Growth(Cr) -4.81 30.48 26.00 8.00 15

State released the AP Tourism Policy to develop AP as one

of the most preferred tourist destinations
Marquee companies attracted to AP - Tourism sector
● Novotel Hotel, Vijayawada, Holiday Inn and Taj Gateway,
Tirupati, ITC My Fortune, Guntur, JW Marriott and Sun
Ray Resort, Vizag.